In 2021, Tara completed her thesis “Investigating the Irish New Woman: Journalists in Media and Fiction” at the University of Limerick. Tara is currently teaching various subjects at UL including Gothic Literature, English for Academic Purposes, Academic Writing, and Communications. She is continuing her research on Irish women journalists from the nineteenth century and her article “Promoting Professional Networks: Charlotte O’Conor Eccles’ Journalism and Fiction” has recently been published in a special issue for English Studies.